Ads promoting evangelist Greg Laurie’s upcoming SoCal Harvest event were taken down from the Fashion Island mall in Southern California after the company that posted them claimed the ads generated multiple complaints, including a “serious threat.”

Members of the National Religious Broadcasters joined government officials, religious leaders, rights advocates, and civil society organizations from around the world last week as they gathered for the U.S. Department of State’s first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom.

The U.S. Department of Treasury, at the direction of President Donald J. Trump, is sanctioning two Turkish officials for their leading roles in the organizations responsible for the arrest and detention of U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson.

Evangelist Luis Palau was named No. 31 on The Oregonian’s “100 greatest Oregonians ever” list, which recognizes “the most accomplished and influential Oregonians of all time ranked based on their impacts on their field of endeavor, our state and the world.”

WLMB-TV’s Jamey Schmitz to Be Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Winebrenner Seminary
Jamey SchmitzJamey Schmitz, founder and president/CEO of WLMB TV 40 Toledo and the YES-FM Radio Network, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree from Winebrenner Theological Seminary during commencement exercises on Saturday, August 4.

This week more than 80 foreign delegations, as well as NRB and other religious and civil society leaders from around the world, gathered in Washington, D.C., at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom.

Members of a key House panel this week had the opportunity to ask questions of FCC leaders on a host of issues, including a number related to the Title II “net neutrality” debate, spectrum concerns, and video marketplace issues.

The official period for public comments in this proceeding closes on July 31. More information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is here, including a warning for commenters not to include any personally identifiable information they do not want to be disclosed in a searchable online public record.

NRB pledged to support the Trump administration’s efforts to advocate for religious liberty as U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo prepared to host the first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) is a unique gathering of people, united by purpose and message: to proclaim the Good News of eternal life through Jesus Christ; to transform culture through the application of sound biblical teaching; and to advance biblical truth, to promote media excellence, and to defend free speech.